4-Day Rwanda Primate Tracking Safari – Mountain Gorillas & Golden Monkeys Budget

This 4-Day Rwanda Primate Tracking Safari is specially designed for primate lovers with a major focus on mountain gorillas and golden monkeys. It begins with golden monkey tracking in Rwanda and is crowned by gorilla tracking in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. You will stay at the beautiful Lake Bunyonyi on the last day. It starts and ends in Kigali, Rwanda.

4-Day Rwanda Primate Tracking Safari Highlights

  • Day 1: Transfer From Kigali Airport/Hotel to Musanze Town
  • Day 2: Golden Monkey Trekking and Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
  • Day 3: Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
  • Day 4: Transfer from Lake Bunyonyi to Kigali International Airport

Detailed 4-Day Rwanda Primate Tracking Safari

Day 1: Transfer From Kigali Airport/Hotel to Musanze Town

Today, you will be met by a representative of Big Apes Africa at Kigali International Airport and driven to Musanze Town near Volcanoes in preparation for the golden monkey trekking the next day. Should you arrive in plenty of time, you may do a short city tour before leaving the beautiful clean city.

  • Main Destination: Musanze (City, Rwanda)
  • Accommodation: La Palme Hotel – Mid-range hotelin Musanze (City, Rwanda)
  • Meals & Drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included), Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

 

Day 2: Golden Monkey Trekking and Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

After an early breakfast, you will be transferred to the popular Volcanoes National Park for a briefing before entering the forest to search for the bamboo-associated primates. Some consider this as the next best thing after gorilla trekking. You will be allowed one hour with these beautiful Albertine Rift endemics. After this activity, you will be transferred to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in preparation for gorilla trekking. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the lodge.

  • Main Destination: Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
  • Accommodation: Karungi Camp – Budget lodgejust outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas, Uganda)
  • Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

 

Day 3: Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi

After an early breakfast, you will drive to the briefing point in the forest of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to get enlightened about your 4-Day Rwanda Primate Tracking Safari adventure with the mountain gorillas. You are advised to carry enough drinking water and a lunch box. For 15 US dollars, you can get a potter to carry your bag and give you a hand in slippery or steep parts of the forest.

After the briefing, you are distributed into groups of eight and led by a park ranger into the forest where you will spend one hour with the gentle giants. Rain gear is important considering that Bwindi is a tropical rainforest. After tracking, you will be transferred to Lake Bunyonyi, Africa’s most beautiful lake. While here, you could opt for a swim in the second deepest lake in Africa or explore the surrounding communities on foot.

  • Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
  • Accommodation: Bunyonyi Overland Resort – Budget resort located at Lake Bunyonyi (Uganda)
  • Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

1 Day Uganda Gorilla Trek

Day 4: Transfer from Lake Bunyonyi to Kigali International Airport

Today, you will be transferred to Kigali International Airport. Depending on how much time you have, you could visit the Genocide Memorial and do some shopping at the craft market in Kigali.

  • Main Destination: Kigali International Airport (Kigali, Rwanda)
  • Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
  • Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included), Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

End of 4-Day Rwanda Primate Tracking Safari

4-Day Rwanda Primate Tracking Safari Inclusions and Exclusions

Included

  • Park fees (For non-residents)
  • Gorilla permits (One per person, non-resident)
  • All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
  • All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
  • A professional 4-Day Rwanda Primate Tracking Safari driver/guide
  • All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
  • All Taxes/VAT
  • Roundtrip airport transfer
  • Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
  • Drinking water (On all days)

Excluded

  • International flights (From/to home)
  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
  • Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
  • Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
  • Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees